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2. 2 What we’re trying to fix …

3. © 2010 Easybits Software. All rights reserved. 3 Challenges in Assessment Lack of a comprehensive system –Integrated through education levels –Integrated types and styles –Integrated test creation/delivery/scoring/reporting system Silos of assessment data –Access/availability (dashboard) –Aggregation –Sharing –Analysis –Timeliness Lack of predictive capability –Formative/summative gulf –Disconnected with curriculum Difficult to test skills & deep knowledge … artificial dichotomy between authentic assessment and mass assessment Disconnected with teaching & learning practice Difficult to share, remix, deliver Difficult to compare teachers, schools, and districts Not generally embedded in curriculum Challenging to create questions and allow answers in multimedia Time consuming to provide mass personalization and adaptive teaching/learning/testing Difficult to apply normative, criterion-based, and ipsative/longitudinal yardsticks simultaneously No metadata built-in for analysis

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6. 6 Features - teachers Creation –Simple multimedia authoring Delivery –Point & click delivery Scoring –Automated plus manual in integrated interface –Multiple grader support –Fairscore & Easygrade Reporting –Instant access –Dashboard –Automated analysis Assessment sharing & publishing –Share via email –Publish online

7. © 2010 Easybits Software. All rights reserved. 7 Features - integration Mechanics of assessment –Creation –Delivery –Scoring –Reporting Levels of assessment –Tiered publishing system, delivery mechanism, and data model –Individual, class, grade, school, district, state, country, world Types of assessment –Formative/summative –Exercises, instant quiz, quiz, test, exam, state/international assessment

8. © 2010 Easybits Software. All rights reserved. 8 Features: authentic assessment Rich learning & assessment experiences … beyond multiple choice Questions can be –Text –Images –Audio –Video –Simulations Answers can be –Text –Drawing –Writing –Clicking –Audio (speaking) –Combination of actions in interaction with a simulation ELL, LD, & multiple intelligences benefits

9. © 2010 Easybits Software. All rights reserved. 9 Features: data driving action Access –Dashboards –Alerts –Tiered –Real-time –Raw & aggregated Action –Autoreview Adaptive education –Branching –Multiple assessments, differential delivery –Manual or automatic adaptation (metadata-driven) Predictive capability –Same tool for formative/summative … and potentially for curriculum –This will vastly improve predictive capabilities

10. © 2010 Easybits Software. All rights reserved. 10 Features: data analysis Tiered server topology and common data model enables easy analysis and comparison: –Student –Class –Grade level –Teacher –School –District –State/region –Country –World Each entity controls its own distribution and data tiers

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